DEBIT FINANCE COLLECTIONS PLC
Company number 03422873 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Debit Finance Collections PLC leverages 25+ years of specialised direct debit collection expertise in the UK fitness and leisure sector to maintain a defensible niche position, though its strategic autonomy is significantly constrained by Transserv UK Limited's controlling ownership and its unusually thin £30 share capital base. Growth potential lies in vertical expansion beyond fitness, technology-driven scalability, and post-pandemic market consolidation, but the company must urgently address competitive disruption from integrated platform providers, client concentration risk in a discretionary sector, and governance uncertainties following recent board changes. The path forward requires either doubling down on sector specialisation with enhanced technology investment or executing a deliberate diversification strategy to broaden the addressable market.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-08-21
- Registered office
- 1st Floor Central Square South, Orchard Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NE1 3AZ
- Postcode
- NE1 3AZ
- Capital
- 30 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-21
- Next due by
- 2027-09-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64929 Other credit granting not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 26 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by TRANSSERV UK LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£110,070 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z504594X (Tier 2), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
19.04%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- debitfinance.co.uk
- Phone
- 01908 752 078, 01908 752 079, 0228606649045
Direct Debit collections for gyms, leisure centres and health and fitness businesses. Let us manage membership collections so you can focus on growth.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LEISURE FINANCE (D.D.) PLC | 2000-05-03 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MAZARS LLP THE PINNACLE, 160 MIDSUMMER BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK9 1FF, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-09-20 |
| MAZARS LLP, THE ATRIUM, PARK STREET WEST, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, LU1 3BE | 2012-07-02 |
| MAZARS THE ATRIUM, PARK STREET WEST, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE LU1 3BE | 2005-08-30 |
| MAZARS THE ATRIUM, PARK STREET WEST, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE LU1 3BE | 2003-07-11 |
| 1 TELFORD WAY, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE LU1 1HT | 2003-07-10 |
| BERMUDA HOUSE 45 HIGH STREET, HAMPTON WICK, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, SURREY KT1 4EH | 2000-09-18 |
| TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1997-09-05 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 19 similar companies in NE, trading since 1997
The class of 1997
43%
of the 50,528 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-07-26
- Where
- Tyne And Wear
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY582437 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2021-07-26 | — |
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This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.